Flag Football
Flags are symbols. Symbols take whatever meaning you give them. Don't tell me what the flag means, I have four of them hanging in my living room, flown over missions in Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I know what it represents to me and how I feel about it, and no...
Dear Applebee’s
Dear Applebee's Grill & Bar, I went against my better judgement, but because my car is somewhat suicidal at the moment (it had a rough youth, and those things manifest as acting out later), and you had a location in walking distance of my hotel, I figured I would...
GIANT KILLERS
I’ve only been to jury duty once, I think. It was probably twenty years ago. I’ve never been back because they mail you a jury summons and I haven’t done anything other than dump my mailbox into the trash for the last I-don’t-know-how-long. I honestly don’t get...
STAGE FRIGHT
There are usually only two types of conversations that happen after I get off stage. Most people just give you a typical, “Good show” as they pass. You shake hands, sell a few books, and let that human stream trickle onward. Usually when there are stragglers, they’ve...
Which Side Are You On?
I was texting with a friend of mine yesterday about the insanity of our information pipeline. She was trying to remember the psychological term for some thing or another. I honestly can’t remember exactly what we were talking about, but it was akin to Survivor’s...
Step Off the Train
People believe different things. They believe those things because they are selfish. It's okay, you are too. We all are, in basically every decision we make. And we disagree because we want different things. There are people fighting to gain what should be basic human...
No Reservations
I don’t do heroes. They’re just not my thing. I would be lying though, and boldly, if I said Anthony Bourdain was not one to me. I still struggle immensely with where I am headed in this industry. I’ve always felt scatterbrained about it, and while stand up is...
Feed Your Puffling
I watch a lot of documentaries, mainly of the wildlife variety. They help me keep things in perspective sometimes, and jerk my leash a little when I think I’m having a bad day. It especially helps on the days when I’m lying to myself about how I did “everything I...
Until All the Dragons Are Dead – Sample Chapter
The following is a chapter from Until All the Dragons Are Dead, a collection of stories from my travels. Waiting for the Sun I have seen more of the Middle East than I ever expected a kid from a small town in Southeast Texas would see. I won’t pretend that my time...
